Gert von der Beke
Gert von der Beke (also Gerhard von der Beke , etc.; † December 7, 1430 ) was mayor of Danzig from 1413 to 1430.
Life
His father Johann von der Becke came from a Cologne family that had been advisable in Danzig since 1351. His mother's name was Ursula, his brothers Heinrich and Hermann were long-distance merchants, the latter also Schöppe in Danzig.
Gert von der Beke came from the Lower Rhine in 1402 and bought the villages of Langfuhr and Heiligenbrunn near Danzig. In 1410 he was a lay judge and co-founder of the Georgenbruderschaft in the city. It is unclear whether he was complicit in the murder of the mayor Konrad Letzkau and other councilors by the Teutonic Order in 1411. In 1412 he was a councilor.
Since 1413 von der Beke was one of the four mayors of the right city of Danzig. He was very close to the Teutonic Order and thereby attracted the dissatisfaction of many citizens. Under his supervision, the quality of the Gdańsk coins deteriorated, which in 1416 led to an uprising of the citizens against him and the city council. Von der Beke had to flee, his house was looted. After his return to office, he ruled the city with a hard hand.
From the Teutonic Order he received the goods marriage and Crampnitz. Gert von der Beke had the chapel of the 11,000 virgins built and equipped at the Marienkirche .
Marriage and offspring
Gert von der Beke was married to Demoet von Umme, a daughter of Willem van Umme, who was mentioned in the Georgenbruderschaft and as a lay judge in 1410. The tomb of the wife with three deceased daughters is the oldest preserved in the Marienkirche.
More children were
- Joachim von der Beke, mentioned in 1443
- David von der Beke, mentioned in 1443
- Johann von der Beke, underage in 1443, later Ratmann in Danzig, died in 1463
literature
- Theodor Hirsch : Beke, Gert von der . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 296-298.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johann von der Becke
- ↑ For the background, see Oliver Volckart: Die Münzpolitik im Ordensland and Duchy Prussia from 1370 to 1550. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1996. p. 170
- ↑ For the chapel of the 11,000 virgins and the sons see Theodor Hirsch: The upper parish church of St. Marien in Danzig in their monuments. Danzig 1843. p. 407
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beke, Gert from the |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beke, Gerhard von der; Beke, Gerd van der; Becke, Gerd von der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Gdansk (1413-1430) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1430 |